I'll add this here as I found this when googling the problem myself In for example xlde, when using the default "use system colours" its ends up rendering black on black, select your own colour scheme and you're good to go.
(this was in Ubuntu 12.04) I would consider this a bug .... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194199 Title: no text in terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/194199/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
